The rules of change in the European Union: The lost balance between rigidity and flexibility

Institutional Challenges in Post-Constitutional Europe: Governing Change

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 33-42

  De Witte, Bruno ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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EID: 84856951368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203879108     Document Type: Chapter

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